Producer Dallas Austin made headlines last week after accusing singers Joss Stone and Christina Augilera of "fucking for tracks."

Yesterday Austin switched up his story and issued the following statement to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

"Every action generates an equal and opposite reaction. My statement about Christina Aguilera and Joss Stone was a reaction to an incident I care not to discuss in any forum, and while I may have felt justified, I do owe an apology to Christina, Joss and their families."

"The comments I made about Christina Aguilera and Joss Stone were purely an act of retaliation not of malice or cruel intent. As we all have our boiling points, I sincerely apologize as this is not my character nor should I have let anyone’s actions push me to this limit. I have let my family, friends, employees and business associates down with my actions."

"All content and any malicious statements that were in my control have been removed from outlets that may have posted this."

"Please accept this as my formal statement and apology to all parties involved."

Use don't abuse (ie. adding me to your site's mailing list). And for the love of God please stop sending mp3 files of your music. I am not Clive Davis and to be frank I probably don't want to hear the shit anyway. You should also know that I take my slow, precious time responding to email. And sometimes I don't respond at all. Fresh.crunkjuice@gmail.com
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